Scammed by a buyer | Selling

littletangerine · 2023-01-10T06:17:36.163000Z

I sold a Vintage Hot Wheels Electronic Garage and someone bought it on Christmas Day to scam me. Can you believe it? I thought Christmas is about giving. I even spent Christmas day organizing the parts by sealing individual parts in its own plastic bags and pack the item really nicely, so I can ship it out first thing next morning thinking some kid is getting late Christmas gift. Anyhow, he bought the set which was complete and tested working unit but within a day after delivery the buyer asked for full refund due to missing part directly to eBay without even trying to contact me. Needless to say, after I paid for return shipping and got the item back, it was missing 6 parts and he swapped a few other parts that were not my originally. Some of the parts he swapped has stickers and my did not. I had one part with broken clip and now I got swapped a good part for some reason. While all this is happening, I did some investigation using readily available search engine for sold items on eBay and found someone sold an incomplete set of same Hot Wheels Garage just 15 days prior. I message him and this seller told me he sold it to Modesto, CA as where my buyer is located. It's now clear that the buyer bought the incomplete set for lower price and returned my after he stole the parts he wanted without a penny spent and shipped right to his front door. But, I think most of you reading this probably knows what happened next. Yes, eBay decided it was NOT in buyer's control for me to receive missing or broken parts and issued a full refund. At the end I lost about $150 because it was bulky item to pay for shipping both way plus hours of hard work. This will be a Christmas experience for me and my family to remember by from eBay.

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